2024
HER2 heterogeneity and treatment response-associated profiles in HER2-positive breast cancer in the NCT02326974 clinical trial
Li Z, Filho O, Viale G, dell'Orto P, Russo L, Goyette M, Kamat A, Yardley D, Abramson V, Arteaga C, Spring L, Chiotti K, Halsey C, Waks A, King T, Lester S, Bellon J, Winer E, Spellman P, Krop I, Polyak K. HER2 heterogeneity and treatment response-associated profiles in HER2-positive breast cancer in the NCT02326974 clinical trial. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2024, 134: e176454. PMID: 38300710, PMCID: PMC10977978, DOI: 10.1172/jci176454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathological complete responseHER2-positive breast cancerHER2 heterogeneityBreast cancerEarly-stage HER2-positive breast cancerHER2-targeted therapyPre-treatment tumorsErbB signalingHER2-targeted antibodiesBasal-like featuresHER2 protein levelsStratification of patientsNational Cancer InstituteNeoadjuvant trialsComplete responseResidual tumorT-DM1Copy number heterogeneityTrastuzumab emtansineERBB2 mRNAImmune infiltrationDownstream pathway componentsClinical challengeClinical trialsTumor
2021
How we treat HER2-positive brain metastases
Stavrou E, Winer EP, Lin NU. How we treat HER2-positive brain metastases. ESMO Open 2021, 6: 100256. PMID: 34482180, PMCID: PMC8424223, DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHER2-positive brain metastasesHuman epidermal growth factor 2Brain metastasesAdvanced diseaseBreast cancerCentral nervous system metastasesHER2-positive breast cancerEpidermal growth factor 2Nervous system metastasesExperienced multidisciplinary teamSurvival of patientsCentral nervous system activitySite of diseaseNervous system activityUnique clinical challengesAssociated morbiditySystemic therapyGrowth factor 2Clinical challengeReview of agentsClinical scenariosMultidisciplinary teamMetastasisSystem activityDiseaseThe impact of tumor epithelial and microenvironmental heterogeneity on treatment responses in HER2-positive breast cancer
Janiszewska M, Stein S, Filho O, Eng J, Kingston NL, Harper NW, Rye IH, Alečković M, Trinh A, Murphy KC, Marangoni E, Cristea S, Oakes B, Winer EP, Krop I, Russnes HG, Spellman PT, Bucher E, Hu Z, Chin K, Gray JW, Michor F, Polyak K. The impact of tumor epithelial and microenvironmental heterogeneity on treatment responses in HER2-positive breast cancer. JCI Insight 2021, 6: e147617. PMID: 33886505, PMCID: PMC8262355, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.147617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBreast NeoplasmsClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesDNA Copy Number VariationsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEpithelial CellsFemaleFibroblastsHumansMacrophagesMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm TransplantationReceptor, ErbB-2TrastuzumabTumor MicroenvironmentVesicular Transport ProteinsConceptsBreast cancerTherapeutic resistanceHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2HER2-positive breast cancerEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Patient-derived xenograft modelsLymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptorHER2-targeted therapiesGrowth factor receptor 2Impact of tumorFibroblastic reticular cellsFactor receptor 2Tumor epithelial cellsIntratumor heterogeneityDivergent cellular phenotypesResistance-conferring mutationsClinical outcomesPIK3CA mutationsTreatment responseClinical challengeDifferent therapiesFrequency of cellsXenograft modelReceptor 2Stromal determinants
2012
The natural history of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.
Lim E, Metzger-Filho O, Winer EP. The natural history of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Oncology 2012, 26: 688-94, 696. PMID: 22957400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerEstrogen receptorLate relapseProgesterone receptorHormone receptor-positive breast cancerAdjuvant anti-estrogen therapyHR-positive breast cancerReceptor-positive breast cancerNatural historyHormone receptorsAnti-estrogen therapyLong natural historyPredictors of responseBreast cancer subtypesHuman breast tumorsSignificant clinical challengePatient tumor samplesTranslational research strategiesCurrent clinical strategiesAntiestrogen therapyRelapse patternsPreclinical modelsClinical challengeTreatment resistanceTumor relapse